For a little while it looked like I was going to have to wait until tomorrow for the news. I came home around midday and waited for the mail; when it arrived there was no letter. As I was working up my gumption to head back to work to wait for another day I got a call from the office.
“Where are you?”
“I’m just on my way back to work. I was waiting for the mail…”
“Well we have a couple of letters here for you that you probably want to see. One’s from the Board of Bar Examiners and the other is from the Clerk of the Supreme Court.”
I had to catch my breath before asking, “Are they big envelopes or little envelopes?”
“Just regular size business envelopes.”
And then I knew. The bar examiners told us that if we got a little letter, we passed. If we got a big letter, we failed and the letter would instruct us on how to prepare to take the test again. Of course, it wasn’t real until I opened the letter and actually read the words you see above.
It’s hard to believe, really, but there it is, in black and white. Three years of law school, two months of bar study, three days of bar examining, and two months of waiting. Now I’m pretty sure I’m a lawyer.
Crazy, don’t you think?
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35 Comments so far. Leave a comment below.YAY! Congrats! I’m really happy for you!!! On International Talk Like a Pirate Day and everything! Yarrrrr!
Awesome! Was there ever any doubt?!
Many congratulations, Imbroglio… I’m a frequent reader of your blog, and I went through the bar exam ordeal along with you, albeit in Indiana. I hope (so hard it kinda hurts) that in 10 days I’ll have a similar letter waiting in my mailbox! CONGRATS!!!
*~* Congratulations! *~*
Likewise, congratulations, I also am waiting for my Indiana results. However our pass list is published on the Internet at 8:30 a.m. on September 29. I told the office if I didn’t show up not to worry, I was getting drunk somewhere.
That’s great!
Sweet! Our bar exam results come out Oct. 1. I hope I have the same tale to tell. Congratulations.
Woohoo! So glad to see it all went well for you considering the cross-country trek and all. Gives me faith for the wait to come. :)
Yay!
What a relief, indeed! Dr. X and I are feeling it all the way over here.
WAHOO!
Woo-hoo! CONGRATS!
Dude, that’s WHACK! Now the real chaos starts! Congrats and stuff.
Congratulations! Long time reader (even bought a shirt – the red one with the ambulance chaser) and first time congratulator.
Awesome!
Congratulations!! I hope to share the same news in a couple of months.
congratulations :) i knew you’d do it! now i’ll pester you to defend me when i get myself into trouble (’cause I’m so confrontational, ya know)
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Congratulations!!!
I knew you could do it!
YAY! Congrats.
Congrats!!!
Go AI! Congratulations:-)
Good job man! Now get back to work.
Congratulations! I’m a bit envious, but I suppose my turn will come soon enough.
Congrats!!!
Ah, good news is just so….good. Congratulations!
Much love and congratulations, ai! As a 1L completing his fifth week of law school, I am glad to see such a bright shining light at the end of the tunnel…and for a well-deserving lawyer, too. Best of luck in your work going forward. Thank you for providing access and due process to the least of us for the benefit of us all.
yeah, I’m I few days late but…FELICIDADES!
Even later – still… Congratulations!
yee haa
Thanks, everyone! It was a great week of relief and celebration, and I loved coming home each night to see a new comment or two from one of you. Thanks for continuing to visit this little place on the web, and thanks even more for taking the time to comment on these milestones. L. says you better stop, though—my head is swelling to an intolerably large size. ;-)
WAHOOOOO!
Biggest congrats!!! I never had a single doubt, but it’s always great having that piece of paper. Fantabulous!
You totally rock!
Holy hell, CONGRATULATIONS!! I’m so hoping to have a similar tale to tell in a couple of weeks.
Indiana was good to me today. I received the good news at 8:30 a.m. and it has been a day of celebration.
I’m late to this, but Congratulations!!!
well shit, i guess it’s not too late. WOOHOO%&#*(&%)$#(*%$)(#
Congrats! That’s great news!
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